Many
people will agree that consumers should have unfettered access to the
internet via wireless and landline connections. There have been
instances where access to specific websites and specific types of
traffic have been filtered or outright blocked by ISPs and wireless
carriers. In July 2009, AT&T Wireless blocked access to the 4chan
message boards.

The
4chan site is a message board that reportedly has as many as 200,000
messages posted each day.

The issue with the site and
wireless carriers stems from the site being used to launch different
types of internet attacks ranging from mere pranks to more serious
network attacks. The 4chan.org
website is reporting that it is being blocked by Verizon
Wireless. The site posted a statement to its front page that read,
"Over the past 72 hours, we've been receiving reports from
Verizon Wireless customers having difficulty accessing the image
boards."

4chan went on to claim that only traffic on port
80 was being blocked leading it to believe that the site had been
intentionally blocked and that some sort of problem was not causing
Verizon Wireless users to not be able to access the site. A 4chan
administrator going by "moot" wrote that Verizon had been
contacted and a Verizon representative said, "You'll need the
customer to call to request it be unblocked."

The same
user "moot" reported yesterday that after contacting the
Verizon Network Repair Bureau the response received was that the site
had been explicitly blocked. It's hard to say whether this is a good
or a bad thing. If the site is a rally point for attacks online, some
might argue that cutting the site off is a good thing. However, once
you start down the slope of censoring and blocking content that some
deem objectionable, those that use the same site for legitimate
reasons are sure to be angered.

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Don't kid yourself, BB doesnt do it, Apple doesnt do it WinMo doesnt do it and neither does Palm. There are a few third party add block solutions, but they are not very good and they are certainly not built in.